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TIL 4% of people have never had a headache

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bbE4 TIL that In 1994, Michael Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure).
dDmnj TIL that Teflon (used in non-stick pans) was accidentally discovered by a 27-year-old engineer at DuPont while researching refrigerants in 1938.
9VRQ TIL that Mao ordered billions of sparrows to be killed, this exacerbated a famine that killed more 20 million people.
JY0rk TIL the word ruthless stems from a (now obsolete) word 'ruth' which meant compassion or mercy. It was already considered archaic by 1637 when the poet Milton wrote: "Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth."
W7RjX TIL that in the 1970s head transplants were possible